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C. L. ALEXANDER.

BED, APPLICATION FILED MAR. 12. 1912.

Patented Mar, 12, 1918.

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Patented Mar. f2, 1918.

. Application filed i/tar'en 12, 1912.- Serial No. th t.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Grannies L. ALEXAN- nnn, a citizen of the United States, residing in Qharlotte, North Carolina, have invented the following de'scribed new and useful im: provements in Beds.

The purpose of this invention is to pro vide a bed adapted to have its head portion projected through an open window so that the occupant may sleep thereon with his head out of doors, and to this end the invention comprises the combination of a suitably supported frame and certain auxiliary apparatus, as hereinafter more fully ex plained, whereby the above stated object may,

be accomplished in a safe and practicable manner, and whereby the occupant may be sheltered against the elements and at the same time be provided with sufficient ventilation, and whereby the interior of the room in which the bed is located may be adequately isolated from the outside air when so desired, and whereby other desirable objects may be obtained, all of which will be hereinafter made apparent, to those skilled in this art, and be more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 represents in perspective a partially section view of an exemplary embodiment of my invention. Fig. 2 is a cross section through the bed of Fig. 1 looking toward the open window, and

Fig. 3 is a detail of the cross head and sash seat.

, The bed comprises a main horizontal frame composed of side rails 1 and end rails 2,= ass"embled in any suitable manner, that will serve to support the occupant of the bed, or a mattress or other cushion device, upon which the occupant may recline. 1n the case taken for illustration a woven wire bed-spring, 3, is stretched on the main frame and amattress, 4, is placed thereon, which however, is preferably somewhat shorter than the frame in order to provide an un covered portion of the spring at the head of the frame, which uncovered portion will serve as a ventilation opening therethrough, as later explained.

The end of the main frame, which represents the foot of the bed, is supported upon a foot-board member or structure, 5, which includestwo side or corner posts-, 6, and the head end of the frame is supported upon two similar side posts, 7, which are located at points intermediate of the middle of the frame and its head end so that the extreme head of the bed overhangs and projects be yond the area included within the four posts which represents the supporting base of the bed The lower portions of the posts (3 and 7, which serve as the legs of the frame, are provided with casters and also with adj ustment connections whereby the length of the legs may be adjusted in accordance with the height of the sill of the window through which the overhanging head of the bed is to be projected. Such adjustment of the height of the frame may be made by means of telescopic foot portions, 8, as indicated in the drawings, or by any other form of adjustment which will accomplish the same purpose.

The head of the mattress frame overhangs its supporting base a sutficient extent for the head of the recumbent occupant to be in or outside of the window opening when the bed has been placed with its side posts 7 against or adjacent the trim of the window, and its head end projected through the opening, thereby giving the effect and benefit of sleeping out of doors. 7 I

The bed as thus constructed is supplied with means for securing it in its proper place in the window opening, and with means for closing in the spaces between it and the margins of the window, and also with means for sheltering the occupant against the weather. Such means may assume a variety of forms within my inven tion, and as shown herein is comprised in part of a cross member 9' which joins the two side parts 7, above the occupant and thus also stiffens the structure. This cross member is shown as a Z-bar but consists essentially in a plate, represented by the web of the Z-bar, which extends laterally from the posts far enough to be engaged by, and form a seat, for the lower rail 10 of the window-sash when the latter is lowered. The space above the cross-member is thereby closed in by the window, but as the latter seats between the upstanding member 9 and the upstanding railll of the said cross member, it also serves to lock or prevent the displacement of the bed that is to say, Withdrawal of the bed from the window is prevented by the part 9 engaging the outside of the sash rail and tilting of the bed on its holes 12 are provided for letting out rain water.

From the lower edge of the Z-bar, or the cross-member employed for the purposes just described, I suspend a curtain formed of pendant filaments 18 of any suitable ma terial assembled very closely together so that when the bed is occupied they will hang down and upon the form of the occupant and effectually close the space between the side posts 7 so as to obstruct or prevent the passage of an air current through such space. In place of such filaments, however, I may use any kind of curtain. The space or spaces between the side posts 7 and the side trim of the window are also closed by curtains 14, which, for compactness, I prefer to mount on rollers, not shown, contained within the posts 7 which are hollow for this purpose. The curtains can be drawn out laterally from the posts, and then attached to the buttons 15 on the window trim. The pendant filament curtain together with these side curtains and the lowered window sash serve to isolate the interior of the room from the outside air in obvious manner, while still permitting the occupant to sleep with his head in the outside air. A further curtain can be suspended from the bottom of the mattress frame for filling in or closing such open space as may be present beneath the frame and above the window sill.

A guard device is applied to the part of the framethat projects beyond the window, such device being conveniently made as a fence or wall of rails and spindles 16, 17 and 18 secured to the frame rails 1 and 2 and more or less completely inclosing the space in which the occupants head is located so as to forestall any possibility of his tumbling off the head of the bed. The said guard device may be extended upwardly and inwardly'if desired to meet the cross member v9 to which it may be secured, if desired, and when thus formed the curved rails 17 as well as the cross rails 18 may serve to support the shelter device. Such shelter device may be variously formed, and may or may not be supported upon the guard rails as preferred, being in the present case a collapsible rubber or canvas bonnet hinged at 19 to the side rails 1 so as to be adapted to be collapsed to the position indicated at 20 or extended to the position indicated at 20 in which position it underlaps the Z-bar in weatherproof fashion. A cord 21, trained over a pulley on the Z-bar, serves to raise the bonnet to its extended position and when thus raised the said bonnet forms a complete inclosurei to the top and sides of the occupants head space, but the uncovered portion of the wovenwire bed spring, above referred to, still provides access of fresh air which enters upwardly through the mesh of the wire as will bereadily understood. It is obviously not essential that the mattress be made as much shorter than the frame as indicated in the drawings, and indeed if no longer than ordinarily would be em ployed on a frame of the same size, will still serve to admit fresh air in suitable quantity around its side and end margins. The up right portion of the foot board structure 5 whichrises above the mattress frame, constitutes the foot board proper and serves to retain the mattress on the bed spring like the ordinary foot board. I

The guard device 16, 17 and 18 may be of such structure as to providea screen to prevent ingress of insects to the occupants head space, or such a screen may be mounted upon the guard shown in the drawings. 7 i

I claim: I

1. A bed comprising a mattress frame with its head end overhanging its supports 7 and adapted to project through a window opening, suitable supports for the frame,- and means for isolating the interlor of the room from the outside air comprising a curtain adapted to hang upon the occupant and separate curtains closing the spaces between the bed and the margins of the window opening.

2. A bed comprising a -mattress frame with suitable supports adapting its head end to be projected through an open window, a cross member adapted to be engaged by the window sash above the frame, a curtain hanging from the cross member, and means for closing in the space between said curtainand the sides of the window opening.

3. A bed comprising a mattress frame with it's head end supported to be projected through an open window, and a shelter for the projecting end, in combination with a mattress on the frame separated from the extreme projecting end thereof to provide a vent opening downwardly through the frame at said end.

4. A bed comprising a mattress frame. suitably supported wherebyits head end may be projected through an open window, a guard device forthe said projecting end, comprising a series of rods extending from the extreme projecting end of the frame upwardly and toward the plane of the window so as to overlie a portion of the mattress frame.

5. A bed comprising a mattress frame suitably supported whereby its head end may be protruded through an open window, upright posts rising from the sides of the frame adjacent the window trim and curtains housed in the said members adapted to be fastened to the trim.

6. A bed comprising a mattress frame suitably supported to permit its head portion to be protruded through an open window, side posts to said frame supporting a cross-member, and a curtain composed of closely assembled filaments pendent from said cross member and adapted to obstruct air drafts over said projecting head portion.

7. A bed comprising a mattress frame overhanging its supporting members Whereby it is adapted to be projected through an open window, a guard device for said projecting end, and means on the bed for preventing an air draft through the window and over said end.

8. A bed comprising suitable supporting means, a mattress frame thereon with one end overhanging the same whereby it may be projected through a window opening in the wall of the building and means comprising cooperating parts on the building and bed respectively for locking the frame to the building.

9. A bed constructed to have one end projected through an open window and provided with an interlocking sash seat adapted for interlocking engagement with the lowered window sash, and serving to lock the bed against displacement.

10. A bed constructed to have one end projected through an open window and provided with side posts, and a window sash seat carried by such posts, whereby the lowered window will close the space above the sash seat in combination with a curtain pendent from the sash seat and means for closing the space between the bed and the side trim of the window.

11. A bed constructed to have one end projected through an open window and provided with upright posts, a cross memberthereo forming a sash seat and a shelter for said projecting end adapted to make 1waterproof joint with the said cross mem- 12. A bed comprising a main frame with foot-end legs and side legs intermediate of the middle of the frame and the head end whereby the latter end is adapted to be projected through an open window, to permit the occupant to sleep with his head in or outside the open window, the said frame being vertically adjustable to adapt it to the height of the window sill, in combination with a fence inclosure for the head end and means arranged to be locked by the window sash for preventing the head end of the frame from tilting downwardly.

13. In an open window canopy for beds, the combination with a bed, of a collapsible housing pivotally attached to the bed, and so as to rest upon the sides and one end thereof, one end of said housing being open.

14. In an open window canopy for beds, the combination with the bed, of a plurality of U-shaped bows pivotally connected at their ends, the bottom bow being hinged at its extremities to opposite sides of the bed, and a fabric cover inclosing the saidbows, said canopy being adapted when in use, to form a housing above the bed which is open at one end.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES L. ALEXANDER.

Witnesses:

JOHN C. WATSON, HOWARD MORRISON.

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